Too little, too late
Sir: In reference to the letter from Jennifer Miller (25 January), King George, on the contrary, did too little too late. In the early spring of 1917, Kerensky and the provisional Russian government reached an agreement with England to give Tsar Nicholas and his family asylum in Eng- land. King George first agreed. Then the snivelling coward reversed his pledge for fear of public outcry, thus facilitating the slaughter of 11 people, including the Tsar, Tsarina and their five children, in July 1918, This man was no hero. Nicholas II ,Was King George's first cousin, as was ttnpress Alexandra. In 1919, King George did send the British cruiser Marlborough to evacuate Aunt Minnie (the Dowager Empress) together with her daughter Xenia and her husband Sandro, their daughter Irina and her husband Felix Yusupov. Also evacuated were the family of Grand Duke NicholaiNikolaevich and other relatives. I repeat — too little, too late. My 'better half(Ivan Trofimov) is the son of a Russian submarine commander who fled Russia in April 1918. Thus, there is much history here from people who remember the last days of the Tsar and his family. England is not the only country that should remember with shame the fate of Nicky, Mix and their five beautiful chil- dren. No other nation rose to the occasion to guarantee the safety, if not share the political opinions, of the royal family. How sad the ending to this story.
Eve PaHud 7700 Countyline North, Brookville, Ohio, USA
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